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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
2
Brief telegraph items recount many casualties a few crimes several fires and mixed political religious news reflecting daily life and public concerns. Names places and dates are sparse yet depict a nation in flux with concise incident notes typical of a busy era.
Betram Bell, a reputed millionaire son of New York capitalists, enrolled in the survey corps for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway at Lebanon Indiana. He earns 1.50 a day and spends much of his wealth while learning the surveying trade after Harvard graduation and extensive travel.
A F Messay of Springfield Ohio sues the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St Louis railway for 50000 damages alleging an interchangeable mileage ticket on a Penhandle train lacked an exchange slip. The conductor refused it and Messay was bound over to the Coshocton grand jury but not indicted. The suit tests legality of ticket restrictions.
Commander-in-Chief Basseur of the G A R announces the staff and committees for the coming year. Appointments include Inspector General Henry Peck of New Haven Connecticut Judge Advocate General James H Wolff of Boston and Senior Aide-de-Camp and Chief of Staff Edward N Ketchum of Galveston Texas.
Colonel Stumphrey announces first U S troops leaving China. The Kintuk sails for Manila with forage animals and Company D Sixth Cavalry pack mules. The transport Indian will depart soon with about 900 marines aboard.
In Havana since October there are 113 reported yellow fever cases. Major Peterson chief commissary, Frank Mayes general manager of the Havana branch of the North American Trust Company, and Natalie Brown Trust Company stenographer are sick. The office will close for disinfection.
In Shelbyville Indiana Thomas Jacklin, a Green School House teacher, was testing a home-made oxygen apparatus when a chemical explosion blew a plug through pupil Roscoe Lee's leg and embedded debris in the wall. Glass and iron particles blinded pupil Amos and injured Jacklin. Billingsley also suffered eye trouble.
The International Oil Workers held a convention in Findlay Ohio and adjourned to meet next year in North Baltimore Ohio. Officers elected include President Ira A Gibson Cygnet Ohio Vice Presidents John A Dike Montpelier and C G Fitzgibbons Bradford Pa Secretary Treasurer A T Mullen Bowling Green Ohio.
The President selects Judge Gray of Delaware to represent the United States with ex President Harrison on the Hague permanent arbitration tribunal. Gray, a former Delaware senator and Democrat, previously served on the Paris peace commission and is currently a United States judge for the third judicial district.
A Chicago and Alton engine exploded near Currville Missouri. Porter John Mason was struck by flying debris and killed. Six others injured, none fatally.
The notice lists events at the Fort Wayne Masonic Temple including Shore Acres on October 18 and Miss Hobbs on October 20.
An aeronaut named A. P. Deer fell to his death at a fair in Gays Mills Wisconsin after a balloon rose to about 200 feet and exploded. Five thousand witnesses watched as the balloon dropped 100 feet before the parachute opened and a sudden jerk caused Deer to lose his hold.
Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese customs bank sending 300000 taels to the imperial treasury and preparing to remit additional funds.
Regional reports cover wage cuts and strikes at firms in Danville and Reading, a forger’s death in Suffolk County jail, census data placing New Hampshire population at 411 588 in 1900, and several tragedies including miners killed in Oneida and a boy burned in Trenton. Also noted are Amsterdam ambassadors and court incidents in Vermont.
Exploding calcium triggers panic at Star Theater Milwaukee. A South Dakota judge voids the wholesale liquor dealers license law for discrimination. A Indianapolis post office clerk is fired for being married. Terre Haute Electric workers strike shuts down streets. A St Paul widow inherits 200000 of Honduran mining property. Byesville Ohio suffers major fire. Major Edward Goldberg dies of mushroom poisoning. Winona Presbytery backs Westminster confession change. Idaho soldiers' home at Boise destroyed, $40000 loss. Thirty/forty five indictments issued by Akron grand jury over riot. Bank break-in thwarted at McCool Junction. Marietta business district harmed by fire. Minnesota university explores consular service training. Holbrook Nebraska accident kills four, injures two. Bankruptcy petition by Sam Curtis of Posen. Michigan Central seeks charter peace with Detroit. New Philadelphia fire incited but minimal losses. Urbana residence explosion injures residents. Sedalla quarry blast injures several.
Reports describe a series of fatal accidents and unusual events. A man named mer lost both hands and Daniel Filihart died after being buried under rock. Ben Benson claims a rich gold ore bed near Helena Montana. A 14 year old boy John Thomas died from a Newfoundland dog attack. A Great Northern passenger train collided killing the engineer Sam Work and injuring three. A tornado near Biwabik Minnesota caused two deaths and heavy damages. Two trains on the Monon line collided near Monticello Indiana injuring three. A woodworkers strike in Denver ends with union victory and mills reopen. A Van Wert Ohio case involves men kissing and abducting pretty girls. Fred Graham and Edward Howard confessed thefts in Kansas City during carnival week with $2000 identified by I. F. Lieberman. Fires destroy boiler works in South Chicago. a power house is damaged. A hunter near St Stephen Minnesota killed Mrs Stromer mistaking her for a wolf. A former anarchist Delly now embraces Christianity. Five thousand pilgrims gather at St Nikander Monastery in Russia where a floor collapse kills four and crushes thirty six. An edict from Pekin holds foreign troubles to blame on princes and ministers with the emperor blamed for listening to advisers.
Summary of violent deaths and crimes including William J. MacCaulley shot in Huntington. Rev. B J Pirtle's suicide in Jasper. Michael Moynahan acquitted in Lexington. Mott killing and wounding in Columbia. Richardson murder by son in Bridgeton. Alabama coal output forecast. Spurlock killed at a banquet in Logan. a Norfolk man kills his sweetheart amid jealousy. Florida orange crop forecast. Iellen Hatz claims poisoning in Albermarle. Dryden killed by son-in-law after attack on wife. Prohibition special train derailment near Louisville causing injuries.
Nearly 400 Persians of the Babi sect held in Constantino ple are released. A Bishop laid the cornerstone on Mount Zion for a church on Abdul Hamid’s site given to Emperor William. Fire at Welbeck Abbey caused $125,000 damage but paintings and furniture were saved. A London dispatch says the Red Roy mine near Baker City Oregon has been sold to an English syndicate for over $2,000,000. Five killed and seventy five injured in a railway collision at Karlsthor Transvaal due to signaling error. one official arrested. A German force clashed with 8000 Chinese Boxer fighters near Tien-Tsin. Germans retreated. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy reportedly doomed to die this year, per Robert A Guil-
The eight month Cuba customs total reached 106 million dollars, far above the prior year. Reports from the Windward expedition and Andree’s polar quest spark debate over exploration outcomes. A fatal discovery in Manitoba and a new boundary marker in Alaska draw regional attention amid census, trade, and financial updates.
Englishman Sir Thomas Lipton faced questions over a pork price surge in Chicago as packers contest claims of a corner. Chicago buyers say Lipton's large stock was to fulfill government orders and contracts, not to manipulate prices. John Cudahy, a major Chicago packer, downplays any price manipulation, noting general market tightness and seasonal effects. Lipton denies intentions to corner and calls the accusations misleading, stating stockholding was accidental.
Chicago to New York market notes list cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes across multiple markets and grades. Prices range across common to prime cattle shipping hogs and various quality tiers with per bushel and per hundredweight figures.
The anthracite miners strike bleeds into homes as Plymouth families face destitution. An 11 year old girl, two younger sisters, and a baby starved and barefoot while the mother insanity leads to an asylum stay. Humane Society workers feed and clothe the children.
The postal service shows taxpenditures of 107 million with revenue of 102.85 million and a net deficit about 1.5 million less than the prior year. Stamp sales totaled 94.01 million, up 6.73 million, while total financial transactions, including money orders, reached 714.39 million for the year ended June 30, 1900.
Forty percent of Pillsbury-Washburn mills and the Washburn-Crosby plants shut Saturday as demand for flour dwindles both locally and abroad. Several Consolidated Milling Company mills will also cease operations. Officials in Minneapolis dispatch say the drop in demand is unprecedented for this season.
Population of Spokane rises to 36848 with an 84.96 percent increase. An Elizabeth Pat couple wed sixty years ago have 227 descendants. A San Francisco murder convict Vereneseneschockockofft is noted. A nursery near Mexico Missouri holds 250000 young fruit trees. Lord Curzon will not resign as viceroy of India due to his wife’s health. James Clark of Avondale Alabama accidentally shot his mother while playing policeman. Steamer Saginaw sank the Enterprise off Norfolk with no lives lost. New York street cleaners will wear brown slouch hats. Ellis County Iowa wheat division could yield over 1333 bushels per resident.
Perry County coal miners form a union while Cambridge City's Odd Fellows plan a Friday hall dedication. A.E. Long becomes Clifton postmaster after E. F. Teegarden's death. Franklin reports scarlet fever, and several area schools close. Oil field activity near New Corydon yields 19 wells with one dry hole. Henryville log truck death follows a crash.
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